Gears of War 3 has been delayed until Fall 2011.
Microsoft says the shift occurred so that Gears of War 3 could be positioned as the company's big holiday title for next year.
"Gears of War 3 promises to be the biggest entertainment launch of 2011," a Microsoft spokesperson said. "The teams at Microsoft Game Studios and Epic Games have done great work thus far readying the title for release in the Spring of 2011.
"However, we've elected to move the launch of Gears of War 3 until Fall 2011 to make it the marquee title for the holiday season."
Gears of War 3 was originally supposed to launch on April 5, 2011. This delay will certainly give Epic Games additional time to add any polish that may be needed.
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Gears of War 3
Game » consists of 8 releases. Released Sep 20, 2011
The third and final installment in the Marcus Fenix trilogy. Taking place on the apocalyptic planet Sera, 18 months after the ending of Gears of War 2, players will once again take control of C.O.G. soldier Marcus Fenix as he takes on the Locust threat and their Lambent rivals.
Gears of War 3 Delayed...Again
That sure is some delay. Luckily I've no interest in another Gears, so this news means nothing to me in that regard.
That's a bunch of crap. It was pushed to 2011 so it wouldn't compete with Reach, and now they want to make it their holiday title. Thanks for selling us a year old game.
Kinda sucks, but this means I won't be breaking the bank as much with all the new games in April. Also means nothing will be competing with my Bulletstorm love.
What a bunch of shit. First they announce the game over a year before the original release date, now its pushed back another 9 months? This game better blow my fucking mind.
" What a bunch of shit. First they announce the game over a year before the original release date, now its pushed back another 9 months? This game better blow my fucking mind. "It'a not going to, at all. It's just going to be Gears of War: Version 3.0.
I enjoy the games, but this really isn't going to blow anyone away.
" @Burns098356GX said:So it's gonna be Gears of War 3?" What a bunch of shit. First they announce the game over a year before the original release date, now its pushed back another 9 months? This game better blow my fucking mind. "It'a not going to, at all. It's just going to be Gears of War: Version 3.0. I enjoy the games, but this really isn't going to blow anyone away. "
" That's a bunch of crap. It was pushed to 2011 so it wouldn't compete with Reach, and now they want to make it their holiday title. Thanks for selling us a year old game. "Yeah... makes the big Jimmy Fallon reveal seem ever stupider than it actually was.
I don't really care about Gears being delayed, it's the implication that MS's 2011 lineup is so weak that scares me.
" @OneManX: I'm saying there is basically nothing different in Gears of War 1 & 2. 3 will be no different. Sure there is horde mode and refined multiplayer, but everything else is basically the exact same. "That's true, but when you're the best cover-based third-person shooter on the market, small refinements are all you need. Only when some other game tops you do you need drastic changes.
I honestly dont think it is close enough to being done. I bet that is why they pushed it back. Because a AAA title like gears dosent need a holiday release to sell millions. Notice how they said it will give them extrat time to polish it, i bet it just wasnt to the level that they want that game to be when they release it.
Doesn't really bother me, I've never been a huge Gears of War fan anyways. Still, getting tired of all the clusterfuck of games every fall when there's all this time throughout the rest of the year that they could release at instead of putting three games out every week. Whoever thinks releasing games on holiday season will boost their sales is an idiot.
" @alternate said:No I think they started as soon a Bungie let MS know they were done. MS have already hinted that they want a yearly halo (I think the wording was once every 2 years was not enough) but the first game, with probably a new engine, for a new studio can take more like 3 years so I wouldn't expect them to have anything for that 2011 holiday slot." @Steve_C said:You really think 343 started developing their game recently? "" All this says to me is that they didn't have a game for holiday 2011. "More that they realised the new Halo would take more than a year to make for the new guys. "
No I think they started as soon a Bungie let MS know they were done. "If you mean were done with MS, that happened a while ago. If you mean done with Reach, why would 343 have to wait until Bungie were done with their game to start their own? I think you mean done with Reach because of the 1 year development cycle comment, that's crazy to think they haven't been working on their game for at least a little while now.
" @alternate said:Soon as Bungie declared Reach would be their last game - which I assume was some time between becoming independent and starting Reach. I am sure 343 started work as soon as they were setup but if they have to make a new engine and storyboard etc from scratch, I would bet they were not ready to actually start making the actual game until relatively recently, too recently to hit the 2011 window.No I think they started as soon a Bungie let MS know they were done. "If you mean were done with MS, that happened a while ago. If you mean done with Reach, why would 343 have to wait until Bungie were done with their game to start their own? I think you mean done with Reach because of the 1 year development cycle comment, that's crazy to think they haven't been working on their game for at least a little while now. "
You mean... it's delayed for the first time.
Bulletstorm comes out in Feb people. They don't want cramp 2 games from the same Developer within 2 weeks. It's business. Gears 3 will still be coming out.
Fortunately a ton of stuff is coming out in April to keep me distracted, but its still pretty disappointing.
It also means that all the under age players will be able to get the game soon after release and I can rely on them to ruin the online experience pretty quickly. Don't want to sound like an old person complaining but if it was released in April I would have months to play online until Christmas when all the kids get their parents to buy the game for them.
" @OneManX: I'm saying there is basically nothing different in Gears of War 1 & 2. 3 will be no different. Sure there is horde mode and refined multiplayer, but everything else is basically the exact same. "Outside of new weapons, executions, story, locations, characters, multiplayer maps, modes, and Horde
Yes gears 2 was the same as Gears 1...>.>
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